Venlafaxine-induced serotonin syndrome causing bilateral cerebral strokes: a case report by Nils Mein, Khadija Mammadli, Felix Luessi, Timo Uphaus, Timo Uphaus

“…A 21-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to our neurologic intermediate care unit after attempting suicide by ingesting an estimated 15 g venlafaxine (Trevilor retard®), adding up to a serum concentration of approximately 17,943 μg/l. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed bilateral cortical restricted-diffusion patterns, indicating ischemic lesions. …”
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Syndecan-4 is More Sensitive in Detecting Hypertensive Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in 2K2C Rats by Wenyue Dai, Yanqiu Liu, Fengjuan Yao, Wei Li, Jia Liu, Cuiling Li, Donghong Liu

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of syndecan-4 (SDC-4) during the hypertensive period in two kidney-two clip (2K2C) hypertension rats and compare them to brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the echocardiographic parameters for diastolic function evaluation in the rat model of 2K2C hypertension. …”
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Polygenic burden of short tandem repeat expansions promotes risk for Alzheimer’s disease by Michael H. Guo, Wan-Ping Lee, Badri Vardarajan, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins

“…AD STR expansions are highly enriched within active promoters in post-mortem hippocampal brain tissues and particularly within SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) retrotransposons. …”
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Insights from in vivo preclinical cancer studies with histotripsy by Tejaswi Worlikar, Timothy Hall, Man Zhang, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Michael Green, Clifford S. Cho, Zhen Xu

“…Histotripsy has been evaluated for various preclinical applications requiring noninvasive tissue removal including cancer, brain surgery, blood clot and hematoma liquefaction, and correction of neonatal congenital heart defects. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Dyslexia Research and Education: A Scoping Review by Jia Rong Yap, Thirishankari Aruthanan, Mellisa Chin

“…The findings reveal four primary applications of AI in dyslexia education and research: early detection and diagnosis, personalised learning and interventions, speech and language processing as well as brain imaging and neuroimaging analysis. Additionally, five significant challenges were identified: data quality and quantity, accessibility of artificial intelligence-powered support, bias and validity in assessments, balancing artificial intelligence assistance with human expertise, and transparency in artificial intelligence decision-making. …”
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Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss/Meniere’s disease possibly triggered by neurocysticercosis: a case report by Hamza Arman Lateef, Evan Davies, Alidad Arabshahi

“…Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain highlighted postinflammatory calcification in the right parietal lobe and generalized volume loss, more substantial than what would be expected for the patient’s age. …”
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Effects of whole-body vibration training on lower limb motor function and neural plasticity in patients with stroke: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial by Mingkai Zhang, Jianing Wei, Xueping Wu

“…Introduction Lower limb motor dysfunction is common in patients with stroke, and usually caused by brain neural connectivity disorder. Previous studies have shown that the whole-body vibration training (WBVT) significantly improves the lower limb motor function in patients with stroke and may promote nerve remodelling. …”
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Multimodal Autism Spectrum Disorder Method Using GCN With Dual Transformers by Tianming Song, Zhe Ren, Jian Zhang, Yawei Qu, Yingying Cui, Zhengda Liang

“…The first Transformer is dedicated to extracting intricate temporal features from fMRI data, which are crucial for understanding brain activity over time. The second Transformer is employed to enhance the fusion of these temporal features with spatial features learned by the GCN, effectively combining both dimensions of the neuroimaging data. …”
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Effect of temperature cycles on the sleep-like state in Hydra vulgaris by Aya Sato, Manabu Sekiguchi, Koga Nakada, Taishi Yoshii, Taichi Q. Itoh

“…Even cnidarians, such as Hydra and jellyfish, which lack a brain, display sleep-like states. However, the manner in which environmental cues affect sleep-like states in these organisms remains unknown. …”
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Reduced Expression of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Beta 2 Restores Neuronal Injury and Improves Cognitive Dysfunction Induced by Aβ1-42 by Shan Li, Guo-Ji Yan, Ya-Xin Tan, Lu-Lu Xue, Ting-Hua Wang, Hao-Ran Zhao, Min-Nan Lu, Hui-Xiang Zhang, Rong Mei, Xiao-Han Dong, Li-Na Liu, Dan Wang, Yan-Bin Xiyang

“…The results showed that Navβ2 knockdown restored neuronal viability of Aβ1-42-induced injury in neurons; increased the contents of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), enzyme neprilysin (NEP) protein, and NEP enzyme activity; and effectively altered the proportions of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolites including Aβ42, sAPPα, and sAPPβ, thus ameliorating cognitive dysfunction. …”
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Reverse Visually Guided Reaching in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Pauline Gaprielian, Stephen H. Scott, Ron Levy

“…Preoperative psychological assessments are used to screen for impulsivity that may be worsened by deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). …”
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Lemierre Syndrome with Extensive Thrombosis: A Unique Case Report and Literature Review by Stergos Koukias, Asimenia Athousaki, Dionisios Klonaris, Melina Kavousanaki, Georgios Papazoglou, Nikolaos Papanikolaou

“…Medical history included cervical spine disorder and traumatic brain injury in the past, as well as the recent use of pain relievers due to acute cervical pain. …”
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The Influence of Cochlear Implant-Based Electric Stimulation on the Electrophysiological Characteristics of Cultured Spiral Ganglion Neurons by Na Shen, Lei Zhou, Bin Lai, Shufeng Li

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In Vivo Visualization and Monitoring of Viable Neural Stem Cells Using Noninvasive Bioluminescence Imaging in the 6-Hydroxydopamine-Induced Mouse Model of Parkinson Disease by Hyung-Jun Im, Do Won Hwang, Han Kyu Lee, Jaeho Jang, Song Lee, Hyewon Youn, Yeona Jin, Seung U. Kim, E. Edmund Kim, Yong Sik Kim, Dong Soo Lee

“…Transplanted F3-effLuc cells were visualized on the right side of the brain in all mice by bioluminescence imaging. The bioluminescence intensity of the transplanted F3-effLuc cells gradually decreased until it was undetectable by 10 days. …”
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High-density multielectrode arrays bring cellular resolution to neuronal activity and network analyses of corticospinal motor neurons by Christopher A. Quintanilla, Zachary Fitzgerald, Omar Kashow, Mihailo S. Radojicic, Emel Ulupinar, Dila Bitlis, Baris Genc, Pavle Andjus, Wim van Drongelen, P. Hande Ozdinler

“…Abstract Corticospinal motor neurons (CSMN), located in the motor cortex of the brain, are one of the key components of the motor neuron circuitry. …”
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Primary pulmonary meningioma — a rare lung tumor by Galust A. Baksiyan, Alexander A. Zavialov, Sergey V. Lishchuk

“…According to data from further examinations (computed tomography of the chest cavity organs, of the abdominal cavity and of the minor pelvis; magnetic resonance tomography of the brain; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; colonoscopy), no other abnormalities were detected. …”
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HIV and the Gut Microbiota, Partners in Crime: Breaking the Vicious Cycle to Unearth New Therapeutic Targets by Kishanda Vyboh, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Vikram Mehraj, Jean-Pierre Routy

“…The changes made locally in the gut have far-reaching consequences on the other organs of the body starting in the liver, where microbes and their products are normally filtered out, and extending to the blood and even brain. Microbial translocation and their downstream effects such as increased indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) enzyme expression and activity create a self-sustaining feedback loop which enhances HIV disease progression and constitute a vicious cycle of inflammation and immune activation combining viral and bacterial factors. …”
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A Raspberry Pi-based Hardware Implementation of Various Neuron Models by Vedat Burak Yucedag, Ilker Dalkiran

“…The implementation of biological neuron models plays an important role in understanding the functionality of the brain. Generally, analog and digital methods are preferred during implementation processes. …”
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Multimodal Assessment of Changes in Physiological Indicators when Presenting a Video Fragment on Screen (2D) versus a VR (3D) Environment by Elena Kriklenko, Anastasia Kovaleva, Aleksei Klimenko, Usman Dukuev, Sergey Pertsov

“…The study results suggest that in the process of immersion in a virtual environment, the participants develop a complex functional state, different from the state when watching on screen, which is characterised by the restructuring of autonomic regulation and activation of emotion structures of the brain.…”
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Occupational therapy and cooking: A scoping review and future directions by R. Hingst, D. C. Alvarado, L. Bardin, N. Farmer

“…The majority of studies (n = 29, 53%) represented home/community settings and brain injury was the largest clinical group (n = 15, 27%). …”
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